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PASSED: Tonight, the Senate approved five more FY26 appropriations bills, sending them to the House for final passage.
Read Vice Chair Murray's full statement ⬇️ appropriations.senate.gov/ne…
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PASSED: In an 82-15 vote, the Senate overwhelmingly approved three more FY26 appropriations bills, sending them to the president's desk to be signed into law.
Read Vice Chair Murray's full statement ⬇️ appropriations.senate.gov/ne…
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Vice Chair Murray: “Trump has pushed to eviscerate key investments in our small businesses & America’s global leadership, but because Democrats were at the table, this package rejects his truly extreme plan, protecting essential funding."
New minibus ⬇️
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NEW: Appropriators release three-bill funding package.
Vice Chair Murray: "Passing these bills will help ensure that Congress, not President Trump and Russ Vought, decides how taxpayer dollars are spent."
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From Vice Chair @PattyMurray: No one is making Trump and Vought hurt American workers by conducting mass firings—they just want to.
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Vice Chair Murray Responds to OMB Shutdown Memo:
"The constitution does not make the president a king, and a shutdown certainly doesn’t make him one either. Trump needs to sit down and negotiate with Democrats to prevent a shutdown of his own making." appropriations.senate.gov/ne…
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Murray, DeLauro introduce bill to PREVENT REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN: “Democrats are ready to negotiate a bipartisan CR & government funding bills that actually lower the cost of living, help working people—not just billionaires—and protect people’s health care."
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Vice Chair Murray and Ranking Member DeLauro Statement on Republican's partisan continuing resolution and step toward a shutdown.
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NEW: Trump continues to illegally block funding that Americans are counting on.
Click to view our updated tracker with @AppropsDems detailing how the $410+ BILLION that Trump is holding up affects you. appropriations.senate.gov/tr…
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Vice Chair Murray on President Trump's illegal pocket rescission effort: “No lawmaker should accept this absurd, illegal ploy to steal their constitutional power to determine how taxpayer dollars get spent.”
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Vice Chair Murray's Statement on partial restoration of spending transparency website after court orders Trump, Vought to stop breaking the law to hide their tracks:
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If President Trump and Russ Vought have their way—if Republicans approve their rescissions package—over 1500+ local public radio & TV stations could shutter.
READ MORE on these cuts: murray.senate.gov/fact-sheet…
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Sen. Murray: "When you cut off the Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations grant, were you aware that that grant helps our authorities prosecute rape and sexual assault?"
AG Bondi: "I have no idea about that specific grant you're talking about."
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We thought we'd help out @POTUS's mission to be "the most transparent administration in history."
So we created a website with @AppropsDems to track just how much $ he is ripping away from the American people.
Here's a look at the $430+ BILLION Trump & Elon Musk are blocking.
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Take a look at what Trump is holding up–from funding for cancer research and Head Start to infrastructure projects and disaster relief–with our new tracker summing it all up:
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NEW: Just 100 days in, Trump is blocking $430+ billion in federal funding, & it is families, small businesses, & communities across America who are paying the price.
We teamed up with @AppropsDems to track Trump’s unprecedented funding freeze.
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